4 star morning with informative tours of Mosque. Hagia Sphia and Palace. After that the tour guide had nothing to do other than drop us at the lunch venue and then tell us to walk the bazaar but not do serious shopping.

This was basically a pick and drop off done by the caberet people. That went perfectly. What did not go well was trying to find out what time the pick up was. The local office did not know when I phoned and asked and then gave me 8pm as the time when the show actually started at 815pm. Fortunately the driver from the cabaret buzzed my room earlier. The show was great - quite short at about 1 hour, but great fun.

I love cooking, but even others who were not so cooking-friendly really enjoyed the relaxed and fun way in which the course was conducted. I loved it so much I went back the next day. The Baipai people are so professional and everything just runs so smoothly. Best of all, the food that we cook and eat was just sensational.